Phone for Below 10K Budget

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Need a new phone for 10K budget.I have always used android phone.Thinking of giving windows a try.Should i buy a windows phone?Or settled down with a android phone.What is best for this budget.The phone should not lag.

1. Budget?

Rs. 7K + (2-3K)

2. Display type and size?

Touchscreen,Not bigger than 4.6

3. Dual sim?

Not necessary

4. Preferred choice of brand?

Samsung,Sony,Nokia,Moto

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?

Min 5 Mp Camera with flash,with secondry camera.

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc).

Android and Windows

7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).

3G

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?

Internet,Whatsapp,Casual Gaming,Normal use.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?

Nokia Lumia 530

10. Any other info that you want to share

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Aakarshan said:
Need a new phone for 10K budget.I have always used android phone.Thinking of giving windows a try.Should i buy a windows phone?Or settled down with a android phone.What is best for this budget.The phone should not lag.

1. Budget?

Rs. 7K + (2-3K)

2. Display type and size?

Touchscreen,Not bigger than 4.6

3. Dual sim?

Not necessary

4. Preferred choice of brand?

Samsung,Sony,Nokia,Moto

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?

Min 5 Mp Camera with flash,with secondry camera.

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc).

Android and Windows

7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).

3G

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?

Internet,Whatsapp,Casual Gaming,Normal use.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?

Nokia Lumia 530

10. Any other info that you want to share

Get lumia 525 instead.

+1 to Xiaomi Redmi 1s

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Minion said:
Get lumia 525 instead.

I thought that 530 has better chip.and Win. 8.1.

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Sony going to launch E3 this month does anyone know what will the pricing?

^ given Sony overpricing their phones this year, E3 would be 18k-20k easily

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SaiyanGoku said:
^ given Sony overpricing their phones this year, E3 would be 18k-20k easily

Sony has quoted that this phone will be most affordable 4G Phone.Already there Xperia SP is available at 16,000 then this phone will be at the range of 13,000 - 15,000.

Nah.. Expect e3 to be priced around 15k..

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Aakarshan said:
Sony has quoted that this phone will be most affordable 4G Phone.Already there Xperia SP is available at 16,000 then this phone will be at the range of 13,000 - 15,000.

Also this phone has 4GB internal memory.They cannot priced it higher.There are Xperia L , Xperia SP are available with 8 GB Memory.

Xperia L and sp are almost dead (eol). No point in buying them as Sony hasn't provided any updates for these phones for the past 8months or so..Lumia 525, zenphone 5 are much better choices.. Or increase budget slightly and go for the better Moto g2.

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ashs1 said:
Xperia L and sp are almost dead (eol). No point in buying them as Sony hasn't provided any updates for these phones for the past 8months or so..Lumia 525, zenphone 5 are much better choices.. Or increase budget slightly and go for the better Moto g2.

Xperia SP expecting Android K Update :-D

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Aakarshan said:
I thought that 530 has better chip.and Win. 8.1.

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Sony going to launch E3 this month does anyone know what will the pricing?

Even Lumia 525 will get 8.1 update and it has got 1GB of ram.It is not wiser to buy a phone with less than 1GB of ram.

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Even Moto G2 is a very good choice if you can increase your budget.

Aakarshan said:
Xperia SP expecting Android K Update

Xperia L,SP likely to not get updates for 4.4

Here : *www.digit.in/forum/mobiles-tablets/174458-xperia-l-sp-thread-20.html

Aakarshan said:
I thought that 530 has better chip.and Win. 8.1.

530 is a big downgrade from 525. display downgrade (IPS to plain TFT), camera suffers, ram gets halved, processors downgrade (Snapdragon S4 Plus to Snapdragon 200. GPU suffers). go for 525 or forget WP for now.

Aakarshan said:
Sony has quoted that this phone will be most affordable 4G Phone.Already there Xperia SP is available at 16,000 then this phone will be at the range of 13,000 - 15,000.

SP is really old and the new price is due to EOL pricecut. E3 has numerous similarities with M2, considering the latter has a price of 18k after the numerous pricecut, E3 will surely cost 14-16k.

Aakarshan said:
Also this phone has 4GB internal memory.They cannot priced it higher.There are Xperia L , Xperia SP are available with 8 GB Memory.

Sony T2/T3/C3 all have similar hardware to Moto G 2nd gen yet cost 10k more. They'll price it high irrespective of they can or cannot.

if you are planning for normal everyday use that doesn't involve games or heavy usage, go for Zenfone 5. Or check if you can grab a Redmi 1S during the flash sale. Zenfone 4 sacrifices on just too many fronts.

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Aakarshan said:
Need a new phone for 10K budget.I have always used android phone.Thinking of giving windows a try.Should i buy a windows phone?Or settled down with a android phone.What is best for this budget.The phone should not lag.

1. Budget?

Rs. 7K + (2-3K)

2. Display type and size?

Touchscreen,Not bigger than 4.6

3. Dual sim?

Not necessary

4. Preferred choice of brand?

Samsung,Sony,Nokia,Moto

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?

Min 5 Mp Camera with flash,with secondry camera.

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc).

Android and Windows

7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).

3G

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?

Internet,Whatsapp,Casual Gaming,Normal use.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?

Nokia Lumia 530

10. Any other info that you want to share

Redmi 1S although it's not yet really available in the market. Got my wife's from Lazada, they'll be doing a flash sale tomorrow and today's the last day for registration.

Zenfone 5, average battery but best camera and specs under 10k. Else if you want to try Windows, check out Lumia 620, 630 or 525.

Aakarshan said:
Xperia SP expecting Android K Update

K ? KitKat? LOL

BTW Xperia M, L are EOL - Xperia L and Xperia M reach EoL in terms of updates | Xperia Blog

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Asus zenfone 5 8gb version or
Moto e is the best option

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Moto e

Sp is not getting the kitkat update check phonearena

Since you aren't comfortable with 4.7"+ device, i suggest you get ASUS Zenfone 4(4.5" one) or Xiaomi redmi 1S

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I don't want a brand whose Customer Center I would need to find from telescope :lol:

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Aakarshan said:
Need a new phone for 10K budget.I have always used android phone.Thinking of giving windows a try.Should i buy a windows phone?Or settled down with a android phone.What is best for this budget.The phone should not lag.

1. Budget?

Rs. 7K + (2-3K)

2. Display type and size?

Touchscreen,Not bigger than 4.6

3. Dual sim?

Not necessary

4. Preferred choice of brand?

Samsung,Sony,Nokia,Moto

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?

Min 5 Mp Camera with flash,with secondry camera.

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc).

Android and Windows

7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).

3G

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?

Internet,Whatsapp,Casual Gaming,Normal use.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?

Nokia Lumia 530

10. Any other info that you want to share

As you mentioned above, you don't want to use a phone above 4.6inch screen but if you can use 5inch screen get Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo.Best phone in this segment.
Spec - Android 4.4.2,Octa Core Mediatek,8MP(really good quality) and good battery life.

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Aakarshan said:
I don't want a brand whose Customer Center I would need to find from telescope

get the moto g(2014 or 2013) both are good
or get lumia 630,620,525 or wait for lumia 730(the best option imho)
moto also has great quality and service compared to xiaomi

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sam said:
530 is a big downgrade from 525. display downgrade (IPS to plain TFT), camera suffers, ram gets halved, processors downgrade (Snapdragon S4 Plus to Snapdragon 200. GPU suffers). go for 525 or forget WP for now.

SP is really old and the new price is due to EOL pricecut. E3 has numerous similarities with M2, considering the latter has a price of 18k after the numerous pricecut, E3 will surely cost 14-16k.

Sony T2/T3/C3 all have similar hardware to Moto G 2nd gen yet cost 10k more. They'll price it high irrespective of they can or cannot.

if you are planning for normal everyday use that doesn't involve games or heavy usage, go for Zenfone 5. Or check if you can grab a Redmi 1S during the flash sale. Zenfone 4 sacrifices on just too many fronts.

That makes sense sir! at the end of the day depende sa paggamit ng fone. Of course if we want the best quality it usually entails higher than 10k. But on lower end phones, rather than go for local brands (which i heard be some rebranded generic phones - correct me if im wrong please) id go for Xiaomi phone since its the phone giant in china as per news nung lumabas. although, i think sa lazada lng ata sya available officially, meron nga ulet flash sale this week on thursday. same as last time need pa magregister. im not sure though if magiging weekly to

missgondo said:
That makes sense sir! at the end of the day depende sa paggamit ng fone. Of course if we want the best quality it usually entails higher than 10k. But on lower end phones, rather than go for local brands (which i heard be some rebranded generic phones - correct me if im wrong please) id go for Xiaomi phone since its the phone giant in china as per news nung lumabas. although, i think sa lazada lng ata sya available officially, meron nga ulet flash sale this week on thursday. same as last time need pa magregister. im not sure though if magiging weekly to

Dafaq was dat??? :S

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missgondo said:
That makes sense sir! at the end of the day depende sa paggamit ng fone. Of course if we want the best quality it usually entails higher than 10k. But on lower end phones, rather than go for local brands (which i heard be some rebranded generic phones - correct me if im wrong please) id go for Xiaomi phone since its the phone giant in china as per news nung lumabas. although, i think sa lazada lng ata sya available officially, meron nga ulet flash sale this week on thursday. same as last time need pa magregister. im not sure though if magiging weekly to

wyat?
anyways from the part i understood:-
xiaomi micromax etc have high failure rate of speakers etc very notoriously
and bad or even non-existent after sales
just because of the specs,its popular but its not worth atleast at the moment